Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem as a protest at Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. 61 more words

Well here is what we have all secretly been waiting for – a global ranking of Wang sizes. BodyRock is based in Canada, so I guess we will just have to continue to take pride in our Hockey prowess. 39 more words

In the interview, Abbasi claimed that Western intelligence agencies had successfully sabotaged Iran’s nuclear program using information received from the IAEA, and that the source of this information was Iran’s reports to the IAEA on the aims of its nuclear program and also reports by foreign firms that provided equipment to Iran. 41 more words

Earlier this month, an attention-grabbing 30-second video, released by the Mystic Valley Area Branch of the NAACP and featuring Medford High School students, debunked many stereotypes and myths about young black men.

Today al-Qaeda-type movements rule a vast area in northern and western Iraq and eastern and northern Syria, several hundred times larger than any territory ever controlled by Osama bin Laden. 1,939 more words